Series: Lectionary

Faith and Works Sept 9, 2018 Show me your works! Faith without works is dead! Does James really value works over faith? Some reading this passage from James could think that. The Great Reformer Martin Luther felt that way. He…

Dressed for Faithfulness Ephesians 6:10-20 Have you ever noticed just how confusing life can get sometimes? The simplest things can all of a sudden become so complex. Do you remember back to the Bush and Gore election…

Exposing the Darkness Ephesians 5:8-14 While in college, a group of us from the geology club, went spelunking. Don’t worry spelunking isn’t against the law nor is it some college drinking game. Spelunking in short is the hobby of…

Embracing Your Higher Calling Ephesians 4:1-16 You and I have received a higher calling. Every person here this morning is going to be challenged to live according to a higher calling. There is a story of a couple who lived…

Sermon “The Peace We Have in Christ: Building the Bridge of Love” *Scripture Lesson Ephesians 2:11-22 & Isaiah 58:9-12 Last week we talked about walls and how walls can cause great divisions between people, communities, and with God.…

THE PEACE WE HAVE IN CHRIST Ephesians 2:11-22 When we think about peace, we often think of it as being the absence of sort of conflict. Often we want to make into a Kum Ba Ya moment. Biblically speaking peace…

Never Give Up! Mark 6:1-6 Mark Klaisner When I was doing my seminary internship in Belfast, Northern Ireland I had to have some minor surgery. While I was in Hospital my friends bought me a humorous book to help…

The Healing Community Mark 5:21-43 Pastor Mark S. Klaisner Roy Howard, in his book “The Purpose of Healing”, shares a powerful testimony. He writes that while visiting someone in a nursing home he stepped out of the elevator and found…